The first ever International Day of the Girl Child is October 11, 2012! The United Nations declared this day as a time to recognize girls and young women as citizens and powerful agents of change in their lives, the lives of their families and of their communities. It’s a day to hear from girls about what empowers them!

How is Girl Guides of Canada –Guides du Canada (GGC) celebrating this special day online? By collecting and amplifying girls’ voices on our YouTube channel!

Every Canadian girl Member, from Spark to Ranger and Trex, is encouraged to record a short video clip telling us about their favourite female singer or female band that promotes confidence, resourcefulness and/or courage in girls and women! These clips will be mixed into one long collaborative playlist video, where every girl acts as the ‘video host’ for her chosen YouTube music video. This compilation playlist will be launched on our GGC YouTube channel for everyone to see and share on International Day of the Girl Child!

But that’s not all!

Our two teen judges, 17-year old vlogger Miss Indra Lena and 15-year old Canadian teen singer and songwriter Megan Landry will help choose our top submission to identify our “Star video host”. The “Star video host” will create an additional video clip to introduce the entire playlist! Plus – she’ll be given the keys (ok, the password) to our Facebook fan page to post her own content-of-choice to all of our fans on October 11, 2012!